Inspirational Quotes

We all need words to practice by! 

Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.  –Malcolm Cowley

We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.  –Aristotle

A pupil from whom nothing is ever demanded which he cannot do, never does all he can.  –John Stuart Mill

Loving a child doesn’t mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.  –Nadia Boulanger

He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower. –Mary Howitt

Courage is very important.  Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use. –Ruth Gordon

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest. –John Keats

He who has learned enough has learned nothing. –Elias Canetti

What lies behind us and what lies before us are little things compared to what lies within us.  –Ralph Waldo Emerson